The launching ceremony of HOS Woodland (Hull 242) took place on June 19, 2015 at Eastern’s Allanton facility in front of hundreds of Eastern employees and guests, who were present.

It is the second ship to be christened on Eastern’s newly constructed 425’ rocker beam system installed on the northeast corner of Allanton’s 760’ launch basin. The first HOSMPSV vessel , HOS Warland (Hull 241), was launched in March 2015.

Eastern’s president Brian D’Isernia said a few words about the vessel’s size, the onboard 250MT subsea construction crane, the twin remote operated vehicle (ROV) capabilities and thru-hull moon pool features.

He thanked all members of its team for their ongoing commitment to delivering high quality vessels, on-time and on-budget, the continued growth of Eastern Shipbuilding, and its long-term relationship with Hornbeck Offshore, the offshore marine industry and that there will be more vessels in the future.

Both vessels will be sailing under the US flag, they will be Jones-Act-qualified, with 9,000kW of installed AC diesel electric power, twin azimuthing Z-drives, DPS-2 MPSVs and designated HOSMPSV 310ES by Hornbeck Offshore.

Main propulsion power will be provided by two GE Energy furnished Hyundai 2,500 kW 690VAC motors driving two Schottel SRP 2020 FP Z-Drives with nozzles rated at 2,500 kW at 1,025 rpm each for a total of 6,704 HP.